Hauptgedanke
[ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌdaŋkə]
The verdict
“Hauptgedanke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorrangiger, wichtigster Gedanke
Corpus desk
Index DE-hauptgedanke · Hauptgedanke · German
Hauptgedanke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptgedanke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌdaŋkə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptgedanke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptgedanke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌdaŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorrangiger, wichtigster Gedanke".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hauptgedanke, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hauptgedanke, spelled H-A-U-P-T-G-E-D-A-N-K-E.
Definition
- 1vorrangiger, wichtigster Gedanke
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hauptgedanke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„All dies erfasste ich wohl mit einem Blick, doch mein Hauptgedanke war, mein Leben zu retten.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.